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Defining criteria of an intelligence

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Gardner identifies several key criteria that a cognitive ability must meet to be considered an intelligence:

Potential Isolation by Brain Damage

Existence of Savants, Prodigies, and Other Exceptional Individuals

An Identifiable Core Operation or Set of Operations

A Distinct Developmental Trajectory

An Evolutionary History and Evolutionary Plausibility

Support from Experimental Psychological Tasks

Support from Psychometric Findings

Susceptibility to Encoding in a Symbol System

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  • Defining criteria of an intelligence
    Gardner identifies several key criteria that a cognitive ability must meet to be considered an intelligence: Potential Isolation by Brain DamageExistence of Sav
    • is_parent Potential Isolation by Brain Damage
      The criterion "Potential Isolation by Brain Damage" refers to the notion that distinct intelligences can be independently affected by brain damage. This means t
      • is_parent The story of Phineas Gage ·
        Phineas P. Gage (1823–1860) was an American railroad construction foreman remembered for his improbable survival of an accident in which a large iron rod was dr
    • is_parent Existence of Savants, Prodigies, and Other Exceptional Individuals ·
      The criterion "Existence of Savants, Prodigies, and Other Exceptional Individuals" highlights the presence of individuals with extraordinary abilities in specif
    • is_parent An Identifiable Core Operation or Set of Operations ·
      This criterion posits that each type of intelligence must have a core set of cognitive processes or operations. For example, linguistic intelligence involves op
    • is_parent Distinct Developmental Trajectory ·
      Each intelligence has its own unique developmental trajectory. This means that these intelligences emerge and develop at different stages and rates in an indivi
    • is_parent Evolutionary history and evolutionary plausibility ·
      Criterion of evolutionary history and plausibility suggests that each intelligence has evolved to solve specific problems faced by our ancestors. For example, s
    • is_parent Support from Experimental Psychological Tasks ·
      For an ability to be considered an intelligence in Theory of Multiple Intelligence framework, it must be supported by empirical research, particularly through e
    • is_parent Support from Psychometric findings ·
      Gardner asserts that each intelligence should be measurable to some extent by psychometric tests. However, he also criticizes the overreliance on such tests in
    • is_parent Susceptibility to Encoding in a Symbol System ·
      This criterion means that each intelligence can be articulated and communicated through some form of symbolic system. For example, linguistic intelligence is ex